tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post3839944807046400271..comments2023-11-02T07:54:22.317+00:00Comments on Unenlightened Commentary.: Deep RootsRosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263275229285861236noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-34972077100585049902015-01-04T14:23:17.953+00:002015-01-04T14:23:17.953+00:00Bunny- Thanks, I might check that out once I'v...Bunny- Thanks, I might check that out once I've finished.<br /><br />Tim- He does, and since the book was first published at least two more presidents have been descended from the borderers.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263275229285861236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-24698638033582604032015-01-04T11:30:40.934+00:002015-01-04T11:30:40.934+00:00One point I recall from that book. He talks of a p...One point I recall from that book. He talks of a picture of, I think, Nixon, Billy Graham and LBJ. All descended from reiver families of the borders.Tim Worstallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-53261023111118761772015-01-04T03:40:03.373+00:002015-01-04T03:40:03.373+00:00Bunny
Could I suggest you read 'Quartered Saf...Bunny<br /><br />Could I suggest you read 'Quartered Safe Out Here' also by George MacDonald Fraser about his time in the army during the closing six months of the Burma Campaign. He was with a battalion who he notes were descended from the reivers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com